英语
词源
源自中古英語 (“不安定的,骚动的”),等价于 + + (对比中古英語 、 (“符合教规的”)),但也是早期形式中古英語 、 (“unquiet, restless”)的变换形式,等价于 + 。后者源自古諾爾斯語 或受其影响,与丹麥語 (“骚动的”)、瑞典語 (“骚动的”)、冰島語 (“激动的”)有关。亦对比中古英語 、 (“焦虑”)。详见。
发音
- 國際音標(幫助):/ʌnˈɹuːli/
(英国)音频: (檔案) - 韻部:-uːli
形容词
(比較級,最高級)
- 失控的,暴乱的,无法无天的
- The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
- 警察集合起来控制了失控的人群。
- 1985, Morrissey & Johnny Marr (作曲作詞), “Barbarism Begins at Home”, 出自 Meat Is Murder, 演出者 The Smiths:
- Unruly boys who will not grow up / Must be taken in hand / Unruly girls who will not settle down / They must be taken in hand
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Richard DeLongpre: Are you okay, my boy angel?
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: I have a broken heart. And undergarments filled with my own unruly waste.
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